ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the justification of deontic responsibilities. It outlines the most of the procedures applicable with the justification of obligations, for 'obligation' was given very wide interpretation which included both duty and deontic responsibility. The description will imply the relevance of sanctions under specified conditions, the relevance of the man's acceptance of the responsibility, and so on. One considers the deontic R-statement as derivable from 'institutional facts' and the definition of the institution is left to the ordinary valuative and evaluative procedures. This is a convenience in that it ordinarily shortens the procedure: justifications of the 'institutions' involved are not usually demanded by the man who has accepted responsibility. The procedures for justifying deontic responsibilities are these: first to get a detailed description of the responsibility ascribed, to apply the procedures developed for justifying obligations and then to justify ascribing the responsibility to the individual specified. Finally to consider whether or not relevant excuses exist.
